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Published 23 May 2025, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Borden Grammar School - Cleaning Tender

Official notice

Authority: Borden Grammar School (Education)·On behalf of: RIVA Partnership Ltd

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£603,500≈ £219k / year · £724,200 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Jun 2025
Contract term 2 yrs 9 moends 1 Aug 2028 · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 20 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are a small and personal community school with approximately 970 students. We are committed to supporting and inspiring our young people to achieve their potential in a modern world. This means creating successful young people who understand that their future matters and so always try their best. However, the goal is not just a personal one. We genuinely want all our students to leave us with a fully developed ‘moral compass’ able to navigate the world and driven to make it a better place.

Further information regarding the School can be obtained here: www.bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk ↗

Tender information:

The successful tenderer will be required to provide excellent cleaning services at Borden Grammar School. Cleaning services here are currently delivered in house.

The contract term being tendered is for just under 3 years, from 20/10/2025 – 31/07/2028. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31/07/2030. The initial term of the contract is set such that this aligns with the end of the Summer term in 2028.

The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current cleaning services at the schools. This includes both core term time cleaning and periodic deep cleaning throughout the year.

The school is keen to secure a high quality cleaning service whereby its students are able to enjoy excellence in education, supported by excellently kept facilities.

The school has a keen focus on ensuring a smooth TUPE transfer process for the current in house staff. The school expects both a tightly managed service and high levels of productivity to be delivered by the cleaning staff at all times, and the school expects a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the cleaning staff.

The school is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather the school is keen to secure best value from this contract and to deliver best value to its students. Innovative and creative ideas as to how the cleaning services can be developed and improved, will be welcomed. The school seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to its highest abilities, at all times.

The contract shall be a fixed price contract with invoices raised monthly to the school. The tender process will be run under a two stage Competitive Flexible procedure.

Additional requirements and information:

•The Trust has a minimum requirement for a contractor’s employers' liability and public liability insurances of £5 million

•The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is £500,000

•There are incumbent cleaning staff currently within the Local Government Pension Scheme.

•The cleaning services are currently run in house.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-KENT:-… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/UT8FHFC9MM ↗

  • How the procedure runs: Competitive Flexible Procedure This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved. Step 2 will be the Invitation To Tender (ITT) after shortlisting where the evaluation of tender response will be set as 40% price and 60% quality.

CPV: School cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1CancelledRenewal 2 yrs 9 moSMEVCSEPublished value£603,500
Contract period: 20 Oct 2025 – 1 Aug 2028 (2 yrs 9 mo) · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensionsValue: £603,500 exc. VAT · £724,200 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The contract may be extended from 31/07/2028 for up to a maximum of 2 years to 31/07/2030 subject to satisfactory performance

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 2: 60%
  • Criterion 1: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 2
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2025, 16:05 BST
Last source update
17 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 16 Sept 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026859
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
School cleaning services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052434 Find a Tender
How it runs

Competitive Flexible Procedure

This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved.

Step 2 will be the Invitation To Tender (ITT) after shortlisting where the evaluation of tender response will be set as 40% price and 60% quality.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
20 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission deadline
20 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Clarification deadline
20 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 May 2025 → 17 Mar 2026 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    23 May 2025, 16:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    20 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    20 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    16 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts373 days ago
    20 Oct 2025
  6. Latest notice published224 days ago
    17 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    23 May 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK4
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    17 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT
    UK12
  3. Status changed to cancelled
    17 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—17 Mar 2026Cancelled

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Borden Grammar School

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWMJ-5968-BNQQ Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, KENT, South East, ME10 4DBContact email

Other public bodies

  • RIVA Partnership LtdProcuring entityProcurement Consultancy supporting the Contracting AuthorityGB-PPON: PPWL-9222-MYRJ Farnham, South EastContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender